Has over 15 years of corporate experience in various management consulting firms (PWC Consulting, IBM BCS). In addition, he has launched numerous start-ups, and has always reserved a part of his time to do Pro Bono and educational work.

Over the last 8 years, Kevin has been involved in the international development of a smart cities and digital signage company, Admira Digital Networks. In addition, Mr. Sigliano is one of the managing partners of Territorio Creativo (Social Media Consulting Firm) developing innovative accounts of Spain’s most “international” corporations.

Juan Leal advises startups and big companies to make their digital processes simpler and easier to understand. His objetive is to improve the relationship between technology and human being. In the past Juan worked for IconMedialab, Terra Networks or Idealista.com, where he was the User Experience Manager.

Juan holds an Associate Degree in Education by the University of Extremadura and is a Graduate in Ergonomics by the Technical University of Lisbon. Today he’s involved on several projects at the same time:

1. Seisdeagosto.com (Founder): his personal project, where he advises and mentors startups.

2. Ilios.org (Co-Founder): an top notch consulting firm that works for big companies: Banco de Santander, BBVA, Museo del Prado…

3. Soysuper.com(Co-Founder & Product Manager): a supermarket comparator that allows people to make cheaper online shopping.

Expert global business and coaching professional with experience managing worldwide teams in a major multinational IT corporation. Extended experience in developing high talented individuals through mentoring, coaching and training, with the ability to identify individual thinking and learning styles and adapt delivery accordingly to create engagement. Considerable senior management experience, leading geographically dispersed and culturally diverse teams. Strong project management skills across functions and geographies, designing, developing and delivering state-of-the-art solutions.

Confident and persuasive communicator, who is able to gain trust and build rapport in order to clearly define stakeholder’s needs and expectations. Extensive international experience living and working abroad. Appreciates richness of different cultures and the learnings of working with people from very diverse backgrounds.

Certificate of the Hague Academy of International Law. Centre for Studies and Research, 1993.

PhD in Law. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain), 1990.

MA in European Studies. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain), 1988.

BA in Law. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain), 1986.

Professor Ripol is the author of numerous publications regarding International law and European law, as well as human rights. He has written 7 books and more than 50 articles and contributions in collective books dealing with International and European Law. He is also the author of Derecho internacional público [Madrid: Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)], an eBook for students which has reached its 3rd. edition in 2011.

Prof. Ripol has cooperated with the Council of Europe in several occasions, acting as keynote speaker to the Conference on the control mechanism of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (Convention. 197 of the Council of Europe) to develop the theme The monitoring Mechanism of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Competence, Independence and Impartiality of the Members of GRETA (November 2008).

Prof. Ripol has also received several awards for his research, namely the Nuclear Inter Iura Prize 2001 and the José Francisco de Querol y Lombardero Prize. 2007 (Ministerio de Defensa). He is a member of various scientific and professional institutions: Real Academia de Doctores (since 1998), Asociación española de profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales (1986), Asociación española de usuarios de las nuevas tecnologías (1991-1998), Asociación de Letrados del Tribunal Constitucional (2003), Asociación Española para el desarrollo del Derecho internacional de los derechos humanos (2005), Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya (1988), Confederation of european computer user associations (1991-1998), International Nuclear Law Association (1995), Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Areonáutico y del Espacio y de la Aviación Comercial (2005). Since October 2012 he is member of the Board of Management of the International Nuclear Law Association.

Respected EMEA digital leader with a track record of building and managing regional scale teams, operations and solutions, to drive incremental business performance. 11 years immersed in the world of digital and digital marketing technology, keeping on top of the ever-changing technology ecosystem and skills that drive business success in this new advertising and media landscape.

Pragmatic and self-motivated leader with a proven ability to develop successful cross-regional teams. Strong leader, with an eye for the right people for each project, committed to build an environment where people can excel.

Jan van der Borg obtained his MA in Urban and Regional Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1986. In 1991 he completed his PhD in Economics at the same University, defending a dissertation titled “Tourism and Urban Development” that was supervised by Prof. Leo van den Berg. He currently is Professor in Applied Economics, with specializations in Urban and Regional Economics and Tourism Economics, at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Venice in Italy.

He combines his work in Venice with a position as Visiting Professor in Tourism Management at the University of Leuven (Belgium) and Senior Lecturer in Regional and Urban Economics at the Department of Regional and Transport Economics of the University of Rotterdam (the Netherlands).